Mexican and UK courts lead the world in music piracy ... - IFPI

July 2008
THE LAST WORD
Second Interpol
intellectual property course
Building on the success of the first course
held in November 2007, INTERPOL held their
second Intellectual Property (IP) Crime
course at the Guardia di Finanza (GdF),
Scuola Polizia Tributaria in Ostia, Rome.
The course was attended by 38 officers from
around the world including the Americas, Africa,
Australasia, Asia and Eastern Europe who
heard lectures from rights owners and other law
enforcement officers, experts in the
investigation of intellectual property crime
offences. The students also were required to
give an overview of the IPR problems they
faced in their respective countries and how
these offences were dealt with both during the
investigation and prosecution.
IFPI was invited to attend and gave an overview
of the investigation of music piracy offences
including those in the online environment.
During a later session IFPI again participated in
the practical group exercises which were
designed to enable the students to discuss and
evaluate IPR offences in a classroom
environment and tease out best practices.
Tips for parents
Working with partners from across the
music industry and internet children’s
charity Childnet International, IFPI launched
a new guide to explain to parents and
teachers about how to keep children safe
and legal when enjoying music online.
The guide provides useful tips and offers
simple advice on the do’s and don’ts of
downloading music.
It explains that while
digital music offers
huge advantages
to young people,
there are security
and legal issues
that need to be
taken into
consideration.
PDFs of the
guide can be
downloaded from
www.pro-music.org
and hard copies
can be obtained
by emailing
parents@pro-music.org
Cover of new guide
As on the previous occasion those attending the
course are charged with developing a training
course in their respective countries on their
return home with back-up from the instructors
and industry representatives.
The excellent facilities of the GdF have again
been offered for a further INTERPOL course
scheduled to be held in the autumn of 2008.
Course follows on from initial success
New Pro-Music site
IFPI and its partners from across the music
industry have recently relaunched the
www.pro-music.org website.
It is an educational resource that aims to
explain all people need know about music
online. The website describes how you can
legally obtain music online and features a
wealth of information about the music industry.
New look pro-music.org
At a glance.
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People. Arrivals.
Helen Saunders
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People. Departures.
Kenny Wright
Vitor Robalo
Alex Kotlyarevsky
Willem van Adrichem
Alejandro Camino
Allan Deaves
Nick Roberts
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Diary. 2008.
21st August Training at Swedish
Patent Office
15 - 19th Sept UNESCO Regional
Training seminar
Mid October WIPO Regional
Training event Croatia
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Produced by:
Edited by Graham Hagger.
Fax: 0207 8787 7950
Email: graham.hagger@ifpi.org